Shreveport - Bossier, Louisiana's Other Side

Facials, massages, hair styling, manicures, pedicures, spray tanning and gift certificates.

Family plays, musicals, theatre competitions, outreach programs, mentors children, etc.

Post-season college football bowl game featuring teams from the ACC and Mountain West Conferences. Played in late December. For tickets call 888-414-2695 or 318-221-0712. Mailing address is 401 Market St., Ste 120, Shreveport, LA 71101.

The contributions of African Americans to the development of Shreveport-Bossier are truly a legacy. Enjoy this self-guided tour or call for group tours by appointment.

Black history parade. Begins at Municipal Auditorium. First weekend in February.

Bowling for the whole family.

Largest alligator park in Louisiana. Live shows daily.

The visitor center includes multiple conference and reception areas, a gift shop, a catering kitchen and bride’s room, as well as display and library areas.

Founded in 1866. Oldest African-American Baptist congregation in Shreveport. Present building completed in 1903. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Exhibit for each of the 110 athletes recognized from the area. Located inside the Shreveport Convention Center.

Exhibit for each of the 110 athletes recognized from the area. Located inside the Shreveport Convention Center.

Healing through movement. Dance, somatics, yoga and feldenkrais.

Each May, ARTBREAK features Caddo and Bossier Parish students in juried exhibits and free hands-on art activities. The largest children's festival in the state, ARTBREAK is a weekend of dance, music, theater, food, fun and a 5K road race. Admission is free!

An unexpected and unpredictable quality arts experience for diverse audiences. The museum features dynamic artists of all disciplines.

An unexpected and unpredictable quality arts experience for diverse audiences. The museum features dynamic artists of all disciplines.

Annual air show at Barksdale Air Force Base.

One of the few combined art and garden centers in the Southwest. A domed botanical garden conservatory with a fragrance garden for the visually impaired. Visit The Store, a Louisiana Crafts Guild affiliate, which offers traditional and contemporary hand-made works created by imaginative and skilled artisans from across the state. Store hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

One of the few combined art and garden centers in the Southwest. A domed botanical garden conservatory with a fragrance garden for the visually impaired. Visit The Store, a Louisiana Crafts Guild affiliate, which offers traditional and contemporary hand-made works created by imaginative and skilled artisans from across the state. Store hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

One of the few combined art and garden centers in the Southwest. A domed botanical garden conservatory with a fragrance garden for the visually impaired. Visit The Store, a Louisiana Crafts Guild affiliate, which offers traditional and contemporary hand-made works created by imaginative and skilled artisans from across the state. Store hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

One of the few combined art and garden centers in the Southwest. A domed botanical garden conservatory with a fragrance garden for the visually impaired. Visit The Store, a Louisiana Crafts Guild affiliate, which offers traditional and contemporary hand-made works created by imaginative and skilled artisans from across the state. Store hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Full service salon, massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, eyebrow threading, waxing, and air brush tanning.

Interactive demonstrations of quilting, soap making and more. Folk music and food. Historical buildings and Heritage Village.

This scenic backway through the piney woods of Northwest Louisiana takes you through Oil City, Vivian, Hosston, Plain Dealing, Sarepta, Shongaloo, Homer and Lisbon, and connects with other alternate routes along the way. Small towns chockful of treasures, history and fine eating. Hwy. 2 through Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and Claiborne parishes.

This scenic backway through the piney woods of Northwest Louisiana takes you through Oil City, Vivian, Hosston, Plain Dealing, Sarepta, Shongaloo, Homer and Lisbon, and connects with other alternate routes along the way. Small towns chockful of treasures, history and fine eating. Hwy. 2 through Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and Claiborne parishes.

Arts and crafts, food booths, parade and turkey shoot are featured in this festival celebrating Rodessa's past as an oil industry in Louisiana.

Five murals within six blocks of Barksdale Boulevard. The most dominant is the Live Oak Avenue mural by Merlin Buddy West and Abby Kent which depicts the beautiful, traditional Southern plantation.

Meeting space, banquet hall, open exhibit space, in-house decorating for trade shows, and full service catering kitchen.

Bossier Parish history, artifacts, historical exhibits, and genealogy.

A premier beer tasting event and concert.

The Graceful Ghost, an authentic recreation of an 1800s steamboat.

Exciting entertainment including hockey, af2 football, concerts, ice skating, rodeos, family shows, and more! This facility seats up to 14,000 and offers comfortable cushioned seating and free parking. Tickets available at the CenturyTel Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at 318-741-9700 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Retirement sanctuary for chimpanzees. Call or visit our website for a list of Chimpanzee Discovery Days, including hours. A fun learning experience for the entire family. Admission is free.

A fantasy wonderland of lights, holiday scenes and entertainment.

Fireworks festival on Caddo Lake with local entertainment, concessions and Santa. Booths open, 3 p.m. Fireworks, 6:30 p.m.

Celebrates popular Mexican holiday. Music, food, 5K run. Festival Plaza.

Celebrate Christmas with week-long activities that culminate with a parade.

Music, fun and poker-run on Cross Lake.

Self-touring, educational exhibit and four miles of nature walking trails.

Home dates back to 1916. Many of the original furniture and lighting pieces, working oil lamps, working transoms, push button lights, and pocket doors. By appointment only.

Massage, ear candling, nail, hair, and skin care.

Library with high-speed wireless Internet access.

Theatre, art gallery, and art classes.

A community theatre showcasing a variety of performing arts.

Features military aircraft, dioramas, gift shop.

Features military aircraft, dioramas, gift shop.

Bronze statue of Elvis Presley in front of the Municipal Auditorium, where the king of rock `n' roll performed on the Louisiana Hayride for the first time in October 1954.

Bronze statue of Elvis Presley in front of the Municipal Auditorium, where the king of rock `n' roll performed on the Louisiana Hayride for the first time in October 1954.

Centenary College's resident dance company. Electric in style and techniques, including modern jazz, tap and performance dance/theatre.

Used for sports organizations such as the Shreveport Captains baseball team.

Aesthetically pleasing site in excellent location in walking distance of riverfront and downtown activities, including casinos, the Red River District and Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center. Includes parking, a main gateway, streetscapings, pedestrian walkways, permanent bathrooms, stages, and concession stands.

Incorporates a variety of sculptural approaches by local artists to symbolize community heritage. Statue of Huddie Ledbetter, Past/Present, Quilt Kiosk and Oil and Gas.

Visiting Shreveport-Bossier doesn't have to cost a lot of money. There are plenty of things to do that are absolutely free. Browse this category to explore a large variety of free activities. Download the brochure to see some of the highlights.

Local, regional, national, international art including original paintings, photography, glass, sculptures.

Nestled within 118 acres of beautiful roses, jonquils, dogwoods, magnolias and more, in serene forest setting. The center is headquarters for the American Rose Society. More than 20,000 roses are spectacularly planted in 60 individual gardens.

Watch giant alligators feed, wrestle and swim. Petting zoo, gift shop, snack bar.

Founded in 1971, the mission of The Gilbert & Sullivan Society is to present high quality musical productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and other community theatricals appropriate to family viewing in an environment of fun.

Self-guided driving tour, home tours, churches, cotton gins, country store, museum, and cotton fields. Last Saturday in September.

Massages, facials, skin care, waxing, hair, nail, and makeup services.

The meeting room is available for public meetings of a civic, cultural or educational purpose, or for use by nonprofit, lawful, non-commercial purposes. Services include 16 computers, large meeting room, copy machine, Internet access, typewriter, and WiFi.

See how people at the turn of the century lived. Tour the old Hughes House, school house, log cabin and much more. Tours are held for school children and organizations by appointment only.

Petting zoo of camels, zebra's, kangaroos, and more. Open first and third weekends.

Each November the best local and national musicians converge on the Park for Shreveport's own "party in the park."

The Hilton Shreveport Hotel boasts a prime location in Shreveport in the heart of downtown's Riverfront District and is attached to the Shreveport Convention Center. There are 313 guest rooms with all of the features and amenities you have come to expect from the Hilton name. A full service restaurant is on site.

Seats 8,500 for basketball, 10,300 for concerts, five meeting rooms, four dressing rooms, over 28,000 square feet of arena floor with a ceiling 90 feet high.

1914 landmark. Last surviving Waddell vertical-lift bridge in Louisiana. Listed on national register. Open to public.

The Shreveport-Bossier downtown areas retain many historic landmarks, including what is widely acknowledged to be the finest collection of important 20th century architecture in the state. Map brochures available for the following tours at area visitor centers. Visit http://www.shreveport-bossier.org/about/ for locations. Historical Downtown Walking Tour - See how Shreveport first began. Historical Fairfield Highland Tour - Enjoy the architecture and landscaping of this restoration district. Call 318-222-9391 or 888-45-VISIT or email info@sbctb.org for more information.

Annual festival celebrating Spring and the Louisiana Purchase. Festival includes a 10-day carnival at Festival Plaza, the Classic Parade through downtown Shreveport, block parties, and special events for families and individuals alike.

Smoke-free bowling fun for all ages, cafe, and lounge.

The Holiday Trail of Lights offers millions of lights, fireworks, live entertainment, Christmas musicals and parades. Two states and six cities: Marshall, Kilgore, and Jefferson, Texas, and Shreveport-Bossier City and Natchitoches, Louisiana, all within a one-hour drive of each other, are connected by a short drive on interstate highways.

Indoor skate boarding.

Oldest church in Shreveport. Romanesque revival design with main altar of Italian marble gives feeling of European cathedrals. More than 60 stained glass windows. National Register of Historic Places.

Hurley presents a wide variety of public concerts.

Home to the Independence Bowl and many high school and college football games. Located on the La. State Fairgrounds. Also host to lacross and soccer games, a female football league, The After Shocks, and a male football league, The Jaguars.

Mural on the side of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau building that depicts some of the activities the bureau staff promotes.

Fun arcade with the latest hi-tech video games in the Louisiana Boardwalk.

Red River history, navigation and exploration. Free admission.

Red River history, navigation and exploration. Free admission.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist James Burton's likeness cast in bronze. Burton wrote and played the famous guitar licks on Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q" and played lead guitar for Elvis, Ricky Nelson, John Denver and a number of other legendary artists.

Pet and feed animals, ride carousel ponies, hayride, moonwalk, picnic/playground area.

Every four months a new, world class exhibit. Artists change monthly. Free admission. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Every four months a new, world class exhibit. Artists change monthly. Free admission. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Largest prize arcade game room in town. Pizza, pasta.

Features royalty in colorful costumes on grand floats that parade at the Louisiana Boardwalk.

Mardi Gras pet parade sponsored by the animal krewe.

Parade featuring floats, bands and more. Some four million beads, doubloons, cups and more are tossed to visitors.

Large parade featuring large floats, marching bands and millions of throws.

Neighborhood Mardi Gras parade with lots of floats and plenty of throws.

Mardi Gras parade features marching bands, dance troups, elaborate floats, lots of throws.

Annual Independence Day Festival at Festival Plaza and the Bossier Teague Parkway. For more information contact Jan Elkins at 318861-5843 or jelkins@ktbs.com.

Massages, manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing body treatments, foot reflexology.

The music, art and food of African American culture are highlighted. Third weekend in June. Festival Plaza.

Memorial to honor local and national firemen and policemen who have lost their lives. The garden has a fountain and benches amid beautiful landscaping. Faces Beckett Street.

The Logan Mansion, a magnificent 1897 Queen Anne Victorian home, offers a narrated tour complete with ghost stories. $10 per person. Tours by appointment only. Special holiday tours on Halloween and Christmas with reservations.

The Logan Mansion, a magnificent 1897 Queen Anne Victorian home, offers a narrated tour complete with ghost stories. $10 per person. Tours by appointment only. Special holiday tours on Halloween and Christmas with reservations.

River Goddess is a seven-foot-tall statue located in one of the many fountain areas located on Boardwalk Boulevard. The 350-pound goddess is a bronze statue designed and crafted by Kirby Attain.

Summer dance festival.

Explore the 29-parish region in north Louisiana.

Public art initiative to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial. Artwork focuses on the distinct cultures that helped to define Northwest Louisiana.

Always the third Saturday in March. 5K run, parade, live music, food and craft booths.

Murals, frescoes, dioramas, Indian artifacts.

Murals, frescoes, dioramas, Indian artifacts.

Learn the history of Caddo Parish with interactive exhibits and galleries. See how oil is pumped out of the ground and how people lived in the first part of the 20th century. Hands-on activities and tour of historic buildings offered.

Learn the history of Caddo Parish with interactive exhibits and galleries. See how oil is pumped out of the ground and how people lived in the first part of the 20th century. Hands-on activities and tour of historic buildings offered.

Quality African-American mainstage productions youth theatre.

A regional celebration of the carnival season which features parades, balls, and other special events.

Centenary College theatre.

Established 1895. America's Terra Cotta Capital! See master potters hand-turn our signature stoneware. Outlet-priced quality red clay pots, home and garden decor, Fiestaware, Texas Gourmet, holiday/seasonal decorations, collectibles, gifts. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m

Fully accredited by the American Association of Museums. Located at Centenary College of Louisiana. The museum's permanent collection features works of French academic artist Jean Despujols documenting the people of Indochina. Exciting temporary exhibition schedule presents the highest level of aesthetic achievements of individuals and cultures.